A video entitled “Sharifa Alkhateeb Talks About Using Public Schools to Convert America to Islam” is currently being shared via social media.
religion
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Email forward tells the story of two Egyptian children who were buried alive by their murderous father but miraculously survived underground for fifteen days with the help of a “man wearing shiny white clothes, with bleeding wounds in his hands”.
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MisleadingPolitics
Circulating Halal Certification ‘Warning’ Message Falsely Quotes Dick Smith
by Brett M. Christensen February 9, 2015This widely circulated message supposedly outlines ideas and opinions about Halal certification expressed by iconic Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith, owner of Australian food brand Dick Smith Foods.
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Email purporting to contain a novena from Mother Teresa that started in 1952, claims that bad luck will befall those who do not pass on the message and an accompanying image.
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Unsubstantiated
Has Sylvester Stallone Announced That He Has Surrendered His Life To Christ?
by Brett M. Christensen August 9, 2013Circulating message claims that actor Sylvester Stallone publicly announced a few days ago that he had “surrendered his life to the Lord Jesus Christ”.
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Misleading
Muslims Praying Every Friday in Streets of New York Protest Message
by Brett M. Christensen September 29, 2010Protest message claims that, every Friday, many Muslims pray on Madison Avenue and other streets of New York, thereby blocking streets and disrupting traffic.
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Hoaxes
Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling Avowed Satanist Hoax
by Brett M. Christensen September 22, 2010Message purports to be a transcript of a reporter’s interview with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling in which she admits to being an avowed Satanist.
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Bogus WarningsMisleadingPolitics
Islamic Punishment Protest Email – Photos of Boy’s Arm Being Crushed Under Car Wheel
by Brett M. Christensen February 12, 2009Email forward claims that a series of attached photographs show an 8-year-old boy in Iran having his arm crushed by a car as punishment under Islamic law for stealing bread.
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Email warns that bad luck will befall those who do not send an attached “miraculous and sacred” image to at least 20 people within 13 days.